By Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg

Recent activity: Mon, Apr 23: added a pdf for DouglasvilleMon, Apr 23: added a new tune: DouglasvilleSun, Apr 15: updated description for AuburndaleSun, Apr 15: updated description for MaconSat, Apr 14: added an mp3 titled 'Singing at Allison and Jan-Erik's (Feb. 2010)', for Heavenly Choir.

Tune NameYearTypeFilesFirst Line
Middletown. L.M.D. 2008 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 Broad is the road that leads to death
Home in Heaven. 7s. 2007 Folk Hymn PDF, MP3 Though the world may me disown,
Hamrick. 7s. 2006-7 Plain Tune PDF, MP3s: 1, 2 Lord, I would be as Thou art;
Auburndale. C.M.D. 2009 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 O for a thousand tongues to sing
A Glimpse of Thee. L.M. 2009 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 Lord, what a heav'n of saving grace
Compassion. S.M. 2007-9 Fuging Tune PDF What is it keeps me back,
Newton. C.M. 2009 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 In vain I trace creation o'er
Carroll. 11s. 2011 Plain Tune PDF Dear God my protector my father and friend,
Latham. C.M. 2009 Plain Tune PDF, MP3 Not from the dust affliction grows,
Eagle Lake. 8s & 7s. 2009 Folk Hymn PDF, MP3 Dark and thorny is the desert
Dearborn. S.P.M. 2008 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 When men of mischief rise
Prayer of Faith. S.M. 2007 Fuging Tune PDF Hungry, and faint, and poor
Worship. 8s & 7s. 2009 Camp Meeting Tune PDF, MP3s: 1, 2 Brethren, we have met to worship,
Ceresa. C.P.M. 2010 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 Thou God of harmony and love,
Heavenly Choir. 10s & 11s. 2010 Part Song PDF, MP3 Ye heavenly choir, assist me to sing,
Choccolocco. L.M. 2009 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 I am a stranger here below,
Farewell Brethren. C.M. 2010 Plain Tune PDF, MP3 Brethren, I bid you all farewell,
Valley Grove. S.M. 2008 Fuging Tune PDF And am I born to die?
Clinton. C.M. 2010 Fuging Tune PDF Let every mortal ear attend,
Saint's Reward. L.P.M. 2008 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 For ever blessed be the Lord,
Cambridge. C.M. 2010 Fuging Tune PDF Eternal Sun of righteousness,
Macon. C.M.D. 2007-8 Folk Hymn PDF, MP3 Dear friends, farewell, I do you tell
Wilscot. S.M. 2008 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 Blest are the sons of peace,
Błazej. S.M. 2008 Part Song PDF My Maker and my King,
Douglasville. C.M.D. 2008 Fuging Tune PDF Eternal Sun of righteousness,
Averill Park. C.M.D. 2009 Camp Meeting Tune PDF, MP3 Oh weep not for the joys that fade
Boston. L.M.D. 2010 Fuging Tune PDF No more I ask, or hope to find,
Everlasting. C.M.D. 2009 Fuging Tune PDF, MP3 "Wise, just, and righteous are thy ways;"

About Jesse:

I have been composing music in the style of the Sacred Harp since 2003. I have learned about writing music from Raymond C. Hamrick, P. Dan Brittain, and Neely Bruce as well as from my fellow tune writers from the Northeastern United States: Aldo Ceresa, Allison Blake Steel, Gregory Mulkern, Lauren Bock, and Justin Levi, among others.

The Sacred Harp itself, and the experience of singing from it, have been major forces shaping my approach to tune-writing. I am particularly fond of the tunes in our book by Stephen Jenks, William Walker, E. J. King, J. P. Reese, Sarah Lancaster, T. J. Denson, A. M. Cagle, and Raymond C. Hamrick.

Along with Aldo Ceresa, Allison Schofield, and other singer-composers, I’ve helped organize gatherings where composers active in the Sacred Harp tradition meet to sing and discuss each others music in the context of trying to better understand this tradition. Since 2006, I've attended and helped organize such gatherings at singings and singing schools in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

I would appreciate any feedback about these tunes. Please feel free to e-mail me at jesse@jpkarlsberg.com.

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